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Dan Dennett: Can we know our own minds?
Consciousness is a bag of tricks! Philosopher Dan Dennett makes a compelling argument that not only don't we understand our own consciousness, but that half the time our brains are actively fooling us.Collected in moraaz's videos Jul 19, 2011 -
Being No One
Thomas Metzinger is the Director of the Philosophy Group at the Department of Philosophy at Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz. His research focuses on philosophy of mind, especially on consciousness and the nature of the self. In this lecture he develops a representationalist theory of phenomenal self-consciousness. A Foerster Lectures on the Immortality of the Soul presented by the UC Berkeley Graudate Council. Series: UC Berkeley Graduate Council Lectures [2/2005] [Humanities] [Show ID: 9181]Collected in moraaz's videos Feb 19, 2011 -
Richard O. Brown: The Neuroscience of Nothing
Richard O. Brown, Staff Neuroscientist at The Exploratorium, talks about the interaction between mind and matter and visual perception. He talks about and illustrates with fascinating visuals three concepts: 1. There is nothing out there and we perceive nothing which he feels comes closest to blackness. 2. There is something out there and we can't perceive it, which comes closest to invisibility. 3. There is nothing out there and we're still experiencing or perceiving something. Series: "Voices" [8/2001] [HCollected in moraaz's videos Feb 19, 2011
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moraaz Consciousness is a bag of tricks! Philosopher Dan Dennett makes a compelling argument that not only don't we understand our own consciousness, but that half the time our brains are actively fooling us.
Jul 19, 2011